Story | 11 Jan, 2021
Coastal Community Associations: A model for sustainable development at the Kenyan coast
CEESP News by Tilda Bowden, Creative Writing editor of the Lucy Writers’ Platform on behalf of the Oceans Alive Trust, Kenya
Kuruwitu Fishers on the north coast of Kenya were driven to the brink of survival by unregulated and exploitative fish harvesting and were prompted to start a…
Story | 18 Dec, 2020
Shared Waters Facility: IUCN joins new partnership on transboundary water cooperation
IUCN and partners joined forces in a new partnership designed to strengthen cooperation in transboundary basins. The newly established ‘Shared Waters Cooperation Facility’ is a global partnership that will strengthen cooperation on shared waters…
Story | 11 Dec, 2020
Energy Transition Highlighted in UNFCCC June Momentum & Climate Dialogues
By Dr. Stephen Minas - The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major delays to international climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. However, while negotiating sessions have been delayed, the work of climate action is…
Press release | 02 Dec, 2020
Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 2 December 2020 (IUCN) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by…
Story | 19 Nov, 2020
Experts gather to review first “draft map” of the Vanuatu marine spatial plan
Twenty national experts in Vanuatu gathered for a two-day workshop to review the country’s first-ever zero-draft marine spatial plan and discuss the upcoming new Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans. The zero-draft map was produced by IUCN following a series of technical Geographical Information…
Story | 11 Nov, 2020
Race to Zero Dialogues: Climate action requires water action
During the original dates of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 (9-19 November 2020), a UNFCCC virtual campaign labelled ‘Race to Zero Dialogues’ is taking place instead. In the form of a two-week series of over 100 online events, the Dialogues focus on concrete action to support the world’s…
Story | 04 Nov, 2020
The IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme is delighted to announce it was recently nominated as strategic advisor to the Blue Action Fund, supporting its grant programme in the funding of selected conservation projects in marine protected areas and…
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
Mixed messages on biodiversity during EU Green Week
A bittersweet feeling at the end of the EU Green Week 2020: fruitful biodiversity discussions and commitments from the EU Member States, while the Parliament rejects considering the EU Green Deal in the Common Agricultural Policy.
Story | 19 Oct, 2020
IUCN President Zhang Xinsheng at the 15th Global Forum on Human Settlements
IUCN President Zhang Xinsheng joined 10 UN agencies at the 15th Global Forum on Human Settlements for promoting post-pandemic recovery and transformation towards resilient cities and healthy planet.
Story | 19 Oct, 2020
The EU and IUCN congratulates Samoa on the launch of its Ocean Strategy
Apia, Samoa (16 October, 2020) - The EU and IUCN extends warm congratulations to the Government of Samoa and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the successful launch of Samoa’s Oceans Strategy 2020 – 2030. The Samoa Oceans Strategy (SOS), a first for the island nation, was…